The central purpose of the Austrian Academic Library Consortium KEMÖ is (1) the coordinated acquisition and management of electronic resources (primarily databases and e-journals) and the usage rights of these resources within consortia, (2) coordinated resource administration, (3) a unified voice to represent the consortia members and (4) joint collaboration for national and international Open Access initiatives.
Within these duties and responsibilities the consortium developed during the last years Open Access agreements of the member institutions with the respective publishers.
Within these duties and responsibilities the consortium developed during the last years Open Access agreements of the member institutions with the respective publishers.
The following Open Access agreements with scientific publishers currently exist in Austria. As mentioned, the Austrian Academic Library Consortium KEMÖ negotiates most of the agreements.
- BioMedCentral (including Chemistry Central, Springer Open)
Participants: FWF, University of Vienna et al.
Term: n/a - Emerald
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2020–31.12.2022 - Frontiers
Participants: Contract partners
Agreement: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1118688
Term: from 01.01.2018 - IOP Publishing
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2020–31.12.2022 - IWA
Participants: all KEMÖ members
Term: 01.01.2019–31.12.2021 - MDPI
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Agreement: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2536007
Term: from 01.01.2019 - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2019–31.12.2020 - SAGE
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2019–31.12.2021 - Springer Nature
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2019–31.12.2021 - Taylor and Francis
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2020–31.12.2022 - Wiley
Participants: KEMÖ contract partners
Term: 01.01.2018–31.12.2020